Tuesday, February 18, 2014

There's No Movies Like The Old Movies

As a kid, I had to sit through such memorable movie flops as "Godzilla" and "Day Of The Triffids" in order to appreciate a good movie. "Gone With The Wind", The Godfather" and many more movies bring back great memories.
That said, there does not seem to be very many good movies this day and age. The advent of great graphics and special effects seem to affect today's movies, while writing and plot seem to suffer.
Obviously, just as I had to sit through "Godzilla", today's youth are being subjected to zombies, vampires, car crashes, explosions and other special effects, ad nauseum while not being exposed to movies of merit.Some movies come out today and some are so bad that they go straight to video. It looks like the Hollywood types are more interested in slanted politics than concentrating on their trade.

The News As I See It: Scientists are working on a new contraceptive for women that works for 90 days straight. They are referring to this new contraceptive as sweatpants.NASA is getting a direct feed from a robot on Mars, but we still have to go outside to make a cell phone call.The Slovenian woman who won the gold medal in alpine skiing is also a pop star in her country. So Justin Bieber is not the only pop star going downhill fast.

This Date In History:1600;
Italian philosopher, alchemist, and Copernican theory advocate Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition.
1801;
The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.
1817;
Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.
1864;
The Confederate submarine Hunley, equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.
1904;
Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan.
1972;
President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.
1996;
Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.
2008;
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

Picture Of The Day: Although a bit long (4 hours), GWTW was one of my favorite movies of all time. I remember there being an intermission in the middle of the movie, but no one seemed to mind as it was well publicized.

Printable Things I Never Told You: 1)You know she really loves you when you wake up in a pool of ice in the motel room bathtub with only one kidney removed.
2) They should make a reality show called, "So You've Been Drinking and You Think You Can Dance?"
3) Every year on Valentine's Day, I put a smile on my girlfriend's face by taking down the Christmas tree.
4) Idiots are fun. It's no wonder why every village wants one.
5) I went for my routine checkup today and everything seemed to be going fine until he stuck his index finger up my ass. I think I.m going to change dentists.....and that's five !

Today's Horoscope: Aquarius - February 17th:You're doing really well, keep it up! If you feel unhappy today, smile and go to the toilet. This should turn things around for you.

The AREA 51 Retirement Home Bar And Grill:I saw a poor old lady fall over today on the ice! At least I presume she was poor. She only had $1.20 in her purse.

My girlfriend thinks that I'm a stalker. Well, she's not exactly my girlfriend, yet.My girlfriend has been missing a week now. Police said to prepare for the worst. So, I went to the thrift shop to get all of her clothes back.

The Hits Just Keep On Coming: My thanks to my friends Mike,Vivian and Wally for their contributions to today's stories.Two Irish nuns were sitting at a traffic light in their car when a bunch of rowdy drunks pull alongside of them.
One of the drunks shouts, "Hey, show us your tits, ye bloody penguins!"
The Mother Superior turns to Sister Immaculata and says, "I don't think they know who we are. Show them your cross."
Sister Immaculata rolls down her window and shouts, "Screw off ye little fookin' wankers before I come over there and rip yer balls off!"
Sister Immaculata then looks back at the Mother Superior and asks, "Was I cross enough?"

A man picked up his lovely date at her parent's home.
He had saved enough money to take her to a fancy restaurant.
She ordered shrimp cocktail, foie gras, lobster and Dom Perignon champagne, the most expensive items on the menu.He
asked her, "Does your mother feed you like that when you eat at home?"
She replied, "No,but my mother's not expecting sex tonight."
He asked, "What would you like for dessert?"

That's it for today, my little bran muffins. Remember, you know that the temperature has hit zero degrees when all the Canadians are wearing shorts, playing frisbee and barbecuing outside.More on Wednesday.

3 comments:

I followed a journal on AOL, Dribbles by Chuck. He journaled from a nursing home. He said when he was a kid He lived next door to the man who produced or directed ‘King Kong’. He said the big hand that held Faye Ray was in his backyard for the kids to play on. I never see a movie anymore unless the boys are here then the TV stays on the old movies 24/7. Some have closed caption added and I watch a little. Yeah, there were some good movies produced.Mark is here now, 'Dan'l Boone' just went off. LOL

My Brother Kirt, Dog Beanie And Myself

Band Practice back in the day

About AREA 51

AREA 51 began as a location in a local watering hole where my friends and I would always sit. Soon thereafter, people began stopping by and asking me why the area was always full and so popular. I would tell them that we were the descendants of the UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico and that we always sat together. My friends then had an AREA 51 sign made and placed it over the barstool where I always sat. Since that day years ago, there was always anAREA 51.

It has since been transformed to described my current watering hole. Since joining AOL Journals in December of 2006, I began adding honorary members to theAREA 51 menagerie.AREA 51 is a state of mind and not always a location. The majority of the members have escaped from a home and are constantly looking over their shoulders. They are intelligent, fun loving and enjoy life to its fullest.